Sugar-dispensing device.



R. R1 KENNEDY. SUGARDISPENSING DEVICE- APPLICATION FILED DEC. 12. 1914.

1,191,436. Patented J111y18, 1916.

ROBERT RUSSEL KENNEDY, OF WEST WHEELIN G, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1916.

Application filed December 12, 1914. Serial No. 876,953.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT Rossnn KEN- NEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Wheeling, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sugar- Dispensing Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in attachments for sugar bowls and like receptacles whereby the contents of the receptacle may be discharged in measuring definite quantities and thus any waste thereof be avoided.

The object of the invention is to provide a lid with a measuring device contained wholly thereon and therein so that no special form of jar or container is required, but on the contrary any of the conventional forms of containers, ars, or sugar bowls, usually provided with screw-caps are suitable for the purposes of my invention.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sanitary means for discharging sugar from containers usually found in cafs, eating-houses, lunch rooms, etc.

To these ends, the invention consists of a screw-cap of any of the usual sizes and forms in which the measuring device is placed as will be hereinafter more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings. Referring to said drawings, briefly, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of a com mon form of table receptacle or container equipped with my invention; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the top portion thereof showing the measuring device open as when discharging the contents thereof; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the cap with the measuring device mounted therein.

In a detail description of the invention, similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

The container 1 may be of any size or form the mouth of which is adapted to receive a cap. It is understood that such caps are usually metallic and that they may be united to the mouth of the container by screw-threaded engagements or otherwise.

In the drawings, 2 designates the usual form of round top cap the mouth of which is provided with screw corrugations 3 which are adapted to engage similar corrugations on the mouth of the container 1. In the case of jars or containers which are not providedwith the exterior screw-threads, the extension of the cap 2 may be made smooth or plain throughout its surface and to thus fit over the mouth of the jar snugly. On the interior of the cap 2, there is a wall t which provides an inner closure for the jar when the cap is in position, as in Fig. 1 or 2. A measuring cylinder 5 is mounted in the cap 2 and the wall 4 thereof with the ends there of projecting above and below the cap and the wall, said ends being upon and controlled by valves 8 and 9 attached to a common stem 7 which is supported in spiders or guides 6 secured to the interior of the cylinder 5. The cylinder 5 has a capacity for measuring a definite quantity of sugar, for example, in the present instance, a teaspoonful. The top of the valve stem 7' is fitted with a head 10 of any ornamental design and secured to said stem below said head is a finger lever 11 which is fulcrumed at 13 and pivoted to a standard 12 which extends from the upper side of the cap 2. The said lever extends in a convenient form to be pressed by the forefinger of the hand while the remaining fingers grasp the jar and turn the same upside down from the position in Fig. 1, to fill the measuring cylinder 5. The lever 11 is then pressed down by the finger toclose the bottom of the cylinder 5 by the lower valve 8 and to open the upper' end of the cylinder by lifting the upper valve 9 therefrom. The contents of the measuring cylinder 5 are then allowed to pass out of said cylinder. In Fig. 2, the lever 11 is in such osition with the lower valve 8 closing the bottom of the cylinder 5 and the upper valve 9 opening the same, as just described. A spring 14 having one end secured to the cap 2 engages the under side of the lever 11 beyond the pivot 13 and "thus exerts a constant pressure to close the upper valve 9. It will be understood from Fig. 2 that pressure is exerted on the lever 11 to overcome the tension of the spring 14: in opening the valve 9 and closing the lower valve 8.

Having described my invention, I claim. In a measuring sugar container, a jar, a cap closing the mouth thereof having an inner wall engaging the top of the 1am and forming the closure thereof and a top engaging the end of the jar a measuring cylinder secured to the top and inner wall of said cap the ends of which are open and projecting above the top and below the inner wall of said cap, a stem extending through said cylinder, spiders secured within said cylinder and forming center guides for said stem, a valve disk fixed on each end of said stem coiiperating with the ends of the cylinder in. filling and emptying the cylinder, a finger lever connected to said stem and fulcrumed on the top of the cap, and a spring confined between said cylinder and the lever and exerting a force to maintain the outer 15 ROBERT RUSSEL KENNEDY.

Witnesses RAY FORTNEY, WALTER HARRIS. 

